Reeling in the Years 2000 - 1

2000 features U2 getting the Freedom of Dublin, allowing Bono and The Edge to graze their sheep on St Stephen's Green. The American presidential election descended into political farce in November, when George W Bush and Al Gore fought a legal battle over a handful of votes in the state of Florida.

Irish rugby got a bright new star when 21 year-old Brian O'Driscoll scored three tries in a 27-25 victory over France in Paris, while Sonia O'Sullivan took silver in the 5000m at the Sydney Olympic Games in Australia.

In Abbeylara, Co. Longford, an armed siege ended in tragedy as Gardaí shot dead John Carthy. The year 2000 also saw the Concorde air crash and the 'Kursk' submarine disaster. In Dublin, angry shareholders confronted Eircom management at the company's AGM, lobbyist Frank Dunlop made a series of startling revelations at the Flood Tribunal, and a nationwide taxi strike brought chaos to Ireland's cities and airports.

As reports indicated that Ireland's booming economy was now creating over 100,000 new jobs a year, Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy introduced a series of record tax cuts.

Westlife equalled the Beatles' record of successive UK Number One hits with their first seven singles, while Gay Byrne presented the RTÉ version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?', and Dubliner Anna Nolan was among the residents of the first-ever 'Big Brother' house on Channel Four.

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[swgarrett1980]

Should have it up tomorrow sometime - watch this space!

[corrina0708]

Thanks for putting this up man.

[elvisismymother]

I squirm whenever I see Bono on tv. He's so feckin' annoying.

[redson887]

Who is doing the cover version of the theme?

[TheShanorton]

my mam nd my brother were on dat

[JohnAdams198805]

i hate george w bush for the way for his foreign polices on iraq worst president for america as far as i am concerned

[JohnAdams198805]

i hate george w bush

[Paudie223]

"Your cocking up the whole situation" haha

[IrishFoodHunter]

Bono is a the worst sad, shortarse, west brit, tax dodging, unpatriotic piece of shit in this country, telling people to feed the fucking poor, hes the fucking millionaire and he doenst even pay taxx ffs! celebrites and the rich are deluded culturless sadcases.

[mixxy5alive]

Cheers for putting this up. Here in the US we can't watch it on the RTE site and even the DVDs don't play over here. You're a life saver! 

[aidanspeedo]

Thanks for putting up this one because I missed this edition of the great series that RTÉ have produced. It brings back great memories of the decade that Kilkenny just ruled the Croke Park pitch with seven All-Irelands. This edition is particularly special because I have ended up in a brief scene at the only Eircom plc AGM.